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IEC 60079-0:2011 RLV (2011-06) EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES - PART 0: EQUIPMENT - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
 
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Description
IEC 60079-0:2011 RLV contains the International Standard and its Redline version. The Redline version is available in English only. The Redline version provides you with a quick and easy way to compare all the changes between this standard and its previous edition. The Redline version is not an official IEC Standard, only the current version of the standard is to be considered the official document.
IEC 60079-0:2011 specifies the general requirements for construction, testing and marking of electrical equipment and Ex Components intended for use in explosive atmospheres. Electrical equipment complying with this standard is intended for use in hazardous areas in which explosive gas atmospheres, caused by mixtures of air and gases, vapours or mists, exist under normal atmospheric conditions. The standard atmospheric conditions (relating to the explosion characteristics of the atmosphere) under which it may be assumed that electrical equipment can be operated are:                                                       
- temperature -20 °C to +60 °C;                             
- pressure 80 kPa (0,8 bar) to 110 kPa (1,1 bar); and        
- air with normal oxygen content, typically 21 % v/v.        
This standard and other standards supplementing this standard specify additional test requirements for equipment operating outside the standard temperature range, but further additional consideration and additional testing may be required for equipment operating outside the standard atmospheric pressure range and standard oxygen content, particularly with respect to types of protection that depend on quenching of a flame such as 'flameproof enclosure "d"' (IEC 60079-1) or limitation of energy, 'intrinsic safety "i"' (IEC 60079-11). This sixth edition cancels and replaces the fifth edition, published in 2007, and constitutes a full technical revision with numerous updates.
The contents of the corrigenda of November 2012 and December 2013, and the interpretation sheets of November 2013, October 2014 and June 2018 have been included in this copy.
Class  C990  (IEC PUBLICATIONS IEC PUBLICATIONS)
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EN/FR version

Status
Status IEC PUBLICATION
Situation Withdrawn
Replaced by  IEC 60079-0:2017
Origin
Committee TC 31
ELECTRICAL APPARATUS FOR POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES (Full Committee)
Responsible Ir DELENS Marc
Approval
BEC Approval 2011-06-22
Registration 126401
ICS-Code (International Standards Classification) 29.260.20
NBN Status New
IEC publication date 2011-06-22
IEC last modification date 2018-06-14